Athens

Schools throughout the Municipality of Athens will be closed on Thursday in observance of the feast day of Saint Dionysius the Areopagite, the patron saint of the city.

Parents have already been notified by their children's schools regarding the closure.

Traffic regulations will be in place in Athens on Thursday, due to the celebration of the city’s patron saint and the procession of the Holy Icon of St. Dionysius of Areopagitos.

Video footage of the incident, which occurred on the morning of Thursday, September 26th in central Athens, has been obtained and presented by protothema.gr, showing the shocking violence.

Upgrading Megara Airport, constructing a new suburban railway and the restructuring of urban transport serving the western Attica area are among the top priorities at the Ministry of Infrastructure and Transport for the broader Megara area. 

The government's plans for the area were noted on Friday by Deputy Transport Minister Vasilis Oikonomou during a visit to Megara. 

Plans are under way to transform the OAKA Olympic Stadium in northern Athens into a dual-purpose facility. Apart from renovations aimed at improving it as a recreational and sports facility, the 100-hectare complex will also be used as an emergency shelter during crises like earthquakes, floods or fires.

Making better use of the OAKA Olympic Stadium is two decades overdue. It is high time that the venues left from the 2004 Athens Olympics are inducted into the city's day-to-day existence in a functional, socially beneficial and economically sustainable way. They no longer need to stand as symbols of the country's deficiencies; they can be transformed.

An association of Attica parents with disabled school-aged children is calling for nationwide support for a protest rally it is planning on Saturday outside the Education Ministry in the northern Athens suburb of Maroussi.

Since early Friday, traffic has increased significantly in the area, with Kifissos and Kifissia avenues experiencing the most substantial delays once again this morning.

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Traffic jams are also observed in the center of Athens, especially in Vasilissis Sofias and the streets around Syntagma.

An indifferent today but once famous office building of post-war Athens is situated opposite the medieval Byzantine church of Kapnikarea on Ermou Street in downtown Athens. Designed by architect Nikos Valsamakis in 1958, the building introduced the innovation of the glass facade (curtain wall), which was soon emulated in many parts of the city center.

Athens Nomad Fest (athensnomadfest.com), the city's first festival for digital nomads, runs this weekend at Panteion University (136 Syngrou Avenue). Designed to unite remote workers and entrepreneurs, the event features keynote talks, networking dinners, wellness sessions and live DJ sets.